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News & Views of African Americans, Since 1968Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:11:57 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1The Art of Hair: A Day of Hair, Beauty, Body, and Spirit, March 14http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/art-hair-day-hair-beauty-body-spirit-march-14/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/art-hair-day-hair-beauty-body-spirit-march-14/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 17:00:51 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=71154Special to Frost Illustrated from Identity Counts Cultural Consultants “You see my glory but you don’t know my hair story!”—Green Hair Revolution Most of us have it and wear it like a crown jewel; and those who don’t still present themselves in ways that express something meaningful about its absence. We spend time, talent, and […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/art-hair-day-hair-beauty-body-spirit-march-14/feed/0Time to honor legacy of Selma march with renewed actionhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/time-honor-legacy-selma-march-renewed-action/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/time-honor-legacy-selma-march-renewed-action/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 15:30:26 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=71141By the Rev. Bill McGill Special to Frost Illustrated “For all of us today the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways to lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. We must keep going. Our aim must never be to defeat or […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/time-honor-legacy-selma-march-renewed-action/feed/0Zeta Sorority announces Scholarship Programhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/zeta-sorority-announces-scholarship-program/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/zeta-sorority-announces-scholarship-program/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 15:06:44 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=71155http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/zeta-sorority-announces-scholarship-program/feed/0Pilgrim Baptist to present Earlham’s Gospel Revelations in concerthttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/pilgrim-baptist-present-earlhams-gospel-revelations-concert/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/pilgrim-baptist-present-earlhams-gospel-revelations-concert/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 14:47:43 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=71165FORT WAYNE—Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1331 Gay St., is scheduled to present Gospel Revelations, in concert at 6 p.m., March 8. Gospel Revelations, a musical group from Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., is billed as one of Indiana’s finest collegiate choirs. Like their choir, Earlham College is ranked as one of the best, ranked among the […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/pilgrim-baptist-present-earlhams-gospel-revelations-concert/feed/0Jackie Joyner-Kersee to lead local commemoration of ‘Bloody Sunday’http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/jackie-joyner-kersee-lead-local-commemoration-bloody-sunday/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/jackie-joyner-kersee-lead-local-commemoration-bloody-sunday/#commentsMon, 02 Mar 2015 00:53:57 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=71142FORT WAYNE—On March 8, Six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee is scheduled to lead a local 50th year commemoration of the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” march.]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/jackie-joyner-kersee-lead-local-commemoration-bloody-sunday/feed/0THE RELIGION CORNER: Black History Month—A true Supreme Court storyhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/religion-corner-black-history-month-true-supreme-court-story/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/religion-corner-black-history-month-true-supreme-court-story/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 19:51:03 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70986By Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Floyd Hill was a young boy who grew up in rural North Carolina. He dreamed that one day he would own a very large farm. Hill was born in 1907. He disregarded the extreme racism that existed in the South, and he refused to […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/religion-corner-black-history-month-true-supreme-court-story/feed/0F.O.G (Favor of God) Warninghttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/f-o-g-favor-god-warning/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/f-o-g-favor-god-warning/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 15:00:19 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70985By Pastor E. A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times “God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you’re able to pay off your house. That’s God shifting things in your favor.”—Joel Osteen “Many […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/f-o-g-favor-god-warning/feed/0Obituaries: February 25—March 3 Editionhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/obituaries-february-25march-3-edition/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/obituaries-february-25march-3-edition/#commentsWed, 25 Feb 2015 20:18:07 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70893Gwendolyn Bradley, 55, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. Service was Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at Renaissance Missionary Baptist Church, 5515 South Hanna St. Treva D. Breland, 45, of Fort Wayne, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, at Wesley Health care, Auburn, Ind. Born on July 29, 1969, in Fort Wayne; she was […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/obituaries-february-25march-3-edition/feed/0Girls In Justicehttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/girls-justice/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/girls-justice/#commentsWed, 25 Feb 2015 15:07:16 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70976By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist I’m grateful for a powerful new book, Girls In Justice by artist Richard Ross, a follow up to his moving earlier Juvenile In Justice, which combines Ross’s photographs of girls in the juvenile justice system with interviews he gathered from more than 250 detention facilities across the United States. […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/girls-justice/feed/0We’re still talking about the N-word…http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/still-talking-n-word/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/still-talking-n-word/#commentsWed, 25 Feb 2015 14:50:41 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=71102Despite what some might think, the U.S. still has a long way to go when it comes to having an open, honest dialogue about race. Case in point, we received a number of calls over the weekend about a story that appeared on News Channel 15 outlining how local auto racing promoter Dave Muzzillo allegedly […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/still-talking-n-word/feed/0Gay Marriage in Alabamahttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/gay-marriage-alabama/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/gay-marriage-alabama/#commentsWed, 25 Feb 2015 14:04:35 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70975By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s entirely appropriate that the bigoted antics of Alabama’s conservative, publicity-hound Chief Justice Roy S. Moore in unsuccessfully trying to block the right of same-sex couples to marry there erupted in February–Black History Month. For his actions that briefly led some of the state’s 68 probate judges to not […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/gay-marriage-alabama/feed/0Crime and Safety: February 25-March 3 Editionhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/crime-safety-february-25-march-3-edition/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/crime-safety-february-25-march-3-edition/#commentsWed, 25 Feb 2015 12:45:54 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70974Five-year-old killed by gunshot FORT WAYNE—At approximately 10:05 p.m., Feb. 13, officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to the 1500 block of W. Fourth Street in regards to a shooting. Upon arrival it was determined that some sort of negligent discharge involving a gun took place and a five year old female was […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/crime-safety-february-25-march-3-edition/feed/0Plans for two separate Selma marches cancelled as groups unifyhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/plans-two-separate-selma-marches-cancelled-groups-unify/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/plans-two-separate-selma-marches-cancelled-groups-unify/#commentsTue, 24 Feb 2015 18:57:34 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70892WASHINGTON (NNPA)–A very public conflict between the Bridge Crossing Jubilee Inc., the local group that has been commemorating the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery March for more than four decades, and the largely white-run The Faith & Politics Institute, a Washington-based group that had organized competing marches in Selma and Montgomery on the weekend commemorating the 50th anniversary […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/plans-two-separate-selma-marches-cancelled-groups-unify/feed/0Record-level of criminal exonerations in 2014http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/record-level-criminal-exonerations-2014/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/record-level-criminal-exonerations-2014/#commentsTue, 24 Feb 2015 18:52:19 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70861http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/record-level-criminal-exonerations-2014/feed/0Rape’s other victimshttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/rapes-victims/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/rapes-victims/#commentsTue, 24 Feb 2015 18:50:22 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70860By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent SECOND IN A SERIES WASHINGTON (NNPA)–The first time Tiffany Perry learned about her conception, she was too innocent to fully understand the gentle explanation her mother was offering, too young to process such a heavy and complicated behavior. What she distinctly remembers is watching “Oprah” with her mom a […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/rapes-victims/feed/0Civil rights leaders upset over non-Voting Rights Act hearinghttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/civil-rights-leaders-upset-non-voting-rights-act-hearing/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/civil-rights-leaders-upset-non-voting-rights-act-hearing/#commentsTue, 24 Feb 2015 18:44:31 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70859By James Wright Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, he sparked controversy on Jan. 14 saying that, “The Voting Rights Amendment Act”–which would restore the preclearance requirement by the Justice Department for states mainly in the South–“is not necessary.” He has decided […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/civil-rights-leaders-upset-non-voting-rights-act-hearing/feed/0Life sentence: Ex-felons denied constitutional rightshttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/life-sentence-ex-felons-denied-constitutional-rights/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/life-sentence-ex-felons-denied-constitutional-rights/#commentsTue, 24 Feb 2015 18:41:12 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70858Florida refuses to restore full constitutional rights to ex-felons. The result? One black Floridian of every four can’t vote, hold office or serve on a jury. Special to the NNPA from the Florida Courier Commit any felony in Florida and you lose your right to vote for life–unless the governor and the clemency board agree […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/life-sentence-ex-felons-denied-constitutional-rights/feed/0International clothing line, fashion show coming to downtown Fort Waynehttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/international-clothing-line-fashion-show-coming-downtown-fort-wayne/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/international-clothing-line-fashion-show-coming-downtown-fort-wayne/#commentsTue, 24 Feb 2015 18:37:47 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70857http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/international-clothing-line-fashion-show-coming-downtown-fort-wayne/feed/0Don’t forget Malcolm X in 50th anniversary celebrationshttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/dont-forget-malcolm-x-50th-anniversary-celebrations/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/dont-forget-malcolm-x-50th-anniversary-celebrations/#commentsMon, 23 Feb 2015 15:00:53 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70977By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist The 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and the passage of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Dr. Martin Luther King’s role in these events is correctly capturing the imagination of Black America. However, there is another set of events that should also receive […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/dont-forget-malcolm-x-50th-anniversary-celebrations/feed/0Did NBC’S Brian Williams also lie about Hurricane Katrina?http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/nbcs-brian-williams-also-lie-hurricane-katrina/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/nbcs-brian-williams-also-lie-hurricane-katrina/#commentsSat, 21 Feb 2015 14:00:23 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70855By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has finally admitted that he had incorrectly asserted that a helicopter he traveled aboard in 2002 while reporting on the Iraq War in 2003 was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, forcing an emergency landing. “This was a bungled attempt by me to thank […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/nbcs-brian-williams-also-lie-hurricane-katrina/feed/0When are we going to get tired of abuse?http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/going-get-tired-abuse/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/going-get-tired-abuse/#commentsFri, 20 Feb 2015 18:00:35 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70848By James Clingman NNPA Columnist There comes a time in the course of human events for persons who have been mistreated to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with those who mistreat them. In the interest of self-respect and to claim the respect of others, after a long train of abuses, such persons […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/going-get-tired-abuse/feed/0Marshall White receives 2015 Margaret Ann Keegan Awardhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/marshall-white-receives-2015-margaret-ann-keegan-award/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/marshall-white-receives-2015-margaret-ann-keegan-award/#commentsFri, 20 Feb 2015 15:00:21 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70838FORT WAYNE—The Margaret Ann Keegan Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to furthering arts education in northeast Indiana. Marshall White, is CEO and founder of Unity Performing Arts Foundation and director/life Coach for the Voices of Unity Youth Choir. Mr. White has been shaping and molding young lives for more than […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/marshall-white-receives-2015-margaret-ann-keegan-award/feed/0#JustEnergy Freedom: Indiana NAACP offers truth about solar energyhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/justenergy-freedom-indiana-naacp-offers-truth-solar-energy/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/justenergy-freedom-indiana-naacp-offers-truth-solar-energy/#commentsFri, 20 Feb 2015 13:30:25 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70844By Denise Abdul-Rahman The utility companies are marketing and promoting the bill HB 1320 and the “inequities” of non-distributed generation ratepayers (folks that don’t have solar) that are contributing to “subsidies” for distributed generation ratepayers (folks that have solar). When speaking with Bryan Bullock, an attorney and stark environmental advocate out of Northwest Indiana, he […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/justenergy-freedom-indiana-naacp-offers-truth-solar-energy/feed/0Pastor Carl Whitt, MD, remembers Central High Schoolhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/pastor-carl-whitt-md-remembers-central-high-school/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/pastor-carl-whitt-md-remembers-central-high-school/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 22:30:46 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70836By Bryant Rozier Special to Frost Illustrated The Central High Blowout of 2015 jumps off from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., April 25 at the McMillen Park Community Center. For all festival inquires, visit www.centralhighschoolfest.com or call the African/African American Historical Society Museum (AAAHSM) at (260) 420-0765. This following excerpts are the from the coffee table […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/pastor-carl-whitt-md-remembers-central-high-school/feed/0Malcolm X: Civil Rights Activist, Minister (1925–1965)http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/malcolm-x-civil-rights-activist-minister-1925-1965/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/malcolm-x-civil-rights-activist-minister-1925-1965/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 22:03:20 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70839By Dr. Ron Daniels The 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and the passage of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Dr. Martin Luther King’s role in these events is correctly capturing the imagination of Black America. But, there is another set of events that should also receive attention […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/malcolm-x-civil-rights-activist-minister-1925-1965/feed/0Poverty doesn’t have to be a state of mindhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/poverty-doesnt-state-mind/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/poverty-doesnt-state-mind/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 21:43:53 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70847By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The racial differential in the poverty rate is staggering. Last time I checked, about 12 percent people in the U.S., one in eight people are poor. Depending on race and ethnicity, however, poverty is differently experienced. Fewer than one in 10 whites are poor; more than one in four African […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/poverty-doesnt-state-mind/feed/0The time and what must be done: Approaching Saviours’ Day 2015http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/time-must-done-approaching-saviours-day-2015/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/time-must-done-approaching-saviours-day-2015/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 21:08:12 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70846By Kevin Muhammad Special to Frost Illustrated In the Book of Genesis 15:13, we witness a promise made by God to His servant Abram (Abraham), that says, “And know of a surety that thy seed will be a stranger in a foreign land that is not their own and shall be afflicted and enslaved for […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/time-must-done-approaching-saviours-day-2015/feed/0Fort Wayne Deltas accepting scholarship applicationshttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/fort-wayne-deltas-accepting-scholarship-applications/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/fort-wayne-deltas-accepting-scholarship-applications/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 20:05:14 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70890http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/fort-wayne-deltas-accepting-scholarship-applications/feed/0Retired teachers offer scholarshipshttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/retired-teachers-offer-scholarships/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/retired-teachers-offer-scholarships/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 20:03:04 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70891http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/retired-teachers-offer-scholarships/feed/0Crime and Safety Report: February 18-24 Editionhttp://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/crime-safety-report-february-18-24-edition/
http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/crime-safety-report-february-18-24-edition/#commentsWed, 18 Feb 2015 14:20:26 +0000http://www.frostillustrated.com/?p=70845Identity of theft suspect sought FORT WAYNE—The Fort Wayne Police Department is in need of assistance in identifying the suspect captured in the attached surveillance photograph who has been stealing from Lowe’s and possibly other retailers in Fort Wayne. According to a police reports, officers were called to the Lowe’s stores at Illinois Road and […]]]>http://www.frostillustrated.com/2015/crime-safety-report-february-18-24-edition/feed/0